Dù Zhòng for Herniated Disk Pain
Dù Zhòng (杜仲), also known as Eucommia Bark from the Chinese Rubber Tree, is one of the most significant herbs in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)...
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Am I Going to Hurt Myself if I Start Combining Formulas?
There’s so many herbs, each with multiple actions; so many formulas, so many uses. Are any of them volatile? Can they work against each other? What...
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Using Chinese Martial Arts Herbal Trauma Formulas (Part 1)
Martial Arts and herbal medicine have worked hand in hand for a long time in what the Chinese call shang ke, or trauma medicine. This is often refe...
Read moreRapid Skill Development, Rapid Injury Management
What follows now is a discussion on the quickest ways you can heal yourself when trying to pack a large amount of training into a very short time....
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Which is the Best Dit Da Jow Formula for Your Training Goals?
A close up examination of these 5 major jows produced at PlumDragonHerbs, provides a demonstration of the design and logic behind the various lini...
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Why Plum Dragon's Dit Da Jow Topical Pain Relief Works Better than Mainstream Solutions for Pain
The Ho Family dit da jow is based on an effective traditional Chinese dit da jow recipe that has been modernized based on modern scientific researc...
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San Huang San vs. Ice: Why Ice is Not So Nice for Sports Related Injury
Recently researchers began to question the use of ice on acute injury. While ICE reduces inflammation temporarily and is helpful with pain relief ...
Read moreFlexibili-Tea: Origins and Evolution of this Unique Formula
Flexibili-Tea has been a favorite of Plum Dragon customers for many years. Although it is a simple formula compared to most other Plum Dragon produ...
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Herbs that Improve Circulation and Promote Healing
Proper blood flow is essential to healing from chronic injuries and pain, trauma, sprains, strains and other musculoskeletal problems. There are ma...
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TCM Herbs for Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain
Chronic pain can often be caused by lack of blood flow and energy stagnation in the body as well as congestion/obstruction, inflammation and malno...
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Three New Teas for Athletic Conditioning
Should herbal teas be considered an important part of an athlete’s overall training regimen? Our answer is a resounding, YES! Athletes put their b...
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What is Cupping? and Why Trauma Liniments May be Better than Cupping for Athletes
We have all now seen multiple images of Olympic Athletes with large red round circles on their skin. These red circles are the result of having re...
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Revive Your Energy & Endurance, Reduce Your Stress and Improve Your Sleep with Medicinal Mushrooms
Did you know that 40% of all pharmaceutical medicines use fungi? In fact, 10 of the 20 best selling drugs in the world use fungi. Many of us are f...
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